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World’s best government autonomous
colleges which are totally ignored by
media. This year’s sample respon-
dents have retained Government
Science College, Nrupathunga
Road, Bengaluru as the country’s
#1 government autonomous under-
grad college followed by the Maha-
raja’s College, Ernakulam, Ko-
chi, at #2.
However further down the top
table, there’s been an upheaval in the
pecking order. Yuvaraja’s College,
Mysuru has been catapulted from
#20 in 2021-22 to #3 jointly with
Osmania University College for
Women, Hyderabad (#33 in 2021-
22). Similarly, Presidency College,
Chennai has been promoted to #4 Maharani’s Science College for Women, Mysuru’s Balakrishna: equal weightage
from #14 last year. The elevation of
these hitherto low-ranked colleges dustry connect has resulted in GSCB founded by the Maharani of Mysuru
into the Top 5 has pushed Govern- recording best industry placements to provide quality higher education
ment Degree College for Wom- among government colleges year af- to women. We quietly continue to
en, Begumpet, Hyderabad to #5 ter year,” says Chandaragi, a science make every effort to realise her vision
(#3 in 2021-22). postgraduate of Karnatak University, of empowering women. Our greatest
U.V. Chandaragi, principal of Dharwad, appointed principal of the strength is that we provide holistic
the low-profile Government Sci- college in 2021. Currently, GSCB has education with equal weightage given
ence College, Bengaluru (GSCB, an enrolment of 2,400 students in- to academics and extra-curricular ac-
estb.1921), is delighted that the col- structed by 103 faculty. tivities. Moreover, our faculty is highly
lege, granted autonomous status in Beyond the Top 5 too, there’s a qualified and has established excellent
2016, has retained its #1 national rank major rearrangement of rankings. industry connect. In terms of range
with top scores on all six parameters Maharani’s Science College for and diversity of study programmes, we
of higher education excellence. Women, Mysuru has risen spec- are also the best — our 25 academic
“We are very pleased to be ranked tacularly in public esteem to #6 (#26 departments offer the highest number
#1 for the second consecutive year. in 2021-22) while Sarojini Naidu of subject combinations of any govern-
This is the outcome of the extraordi- Government Girls P.G. College, ment college in Karnataka. Maharani’s
nary efforts put in by our faculty and Bhopal at #7 (4), Government is also proud to be one of the first col-
students to maintain learning conti- Holkar (Model Autonomous) leges in the state to smoothly imple-
nuity during the pandemic. We quick- Science College, Indore at #8 (5) ment the NEP 2020.”
ly switched to online classes while also and Government Arts College, Likewise, Dr. R.N. Singh, princi-
making recorded lessons available for Hassan at #9 (7) have lost ground. pal of the Govt. VYT PG Autono-
students with internet connectivity The Government Bilasa Girls PG mous College, Durg (Chhattis-
problems. Whenever government al- Autonomous College, Bilaspur garh), which has an enrolment of 7,271
lowed reopening of education institu- and Govt. VYT PG Autonomous students and 119 faculty, is highly sat-
tions, we called in students for 15 days College, Durg — ranked #15 last isfied that the college has been pro-
of intensive offline practical learning. year — have debuted in the Top 10 moted to the national Top 10 table.
I attribute GSCB’s high rank to our table and are jointly ranked #10. “We are very happy and rejuvenated
high-quality faculty, most of whom Comments Prof. Balakrishna by our India #10 rank. I attribute this
are gold medalists and sign up for con- M, principal of Maharani’s Science to the extraordinary contribution of
stant up-skilling training programmes College for Women, Mysuru our faculty who excel in teaching, re-
organised by the UGC and state uni- (estb.1917), which has an enrolment search, and execution of all duties to
versities. Over the years, we have also of 4,000 women students and 172 students. During the Covid-19 pan-
initiated several industry collabora- faculty: “We thank your respondents demic we promptly switched from
tions and partnerships, ensuring that for recognising the legacy and con- offline to online teaching and created
graduates are industry-ready. This in- tribution of this 120-year-old college a repository of study materials and

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